* Simon Riggs: >> I think fsync=off also endagers metadata, while synchronous_commit=off >> should be perfectly safe as far as the metadata is concerned. >> Wouldn't this be worth mentioning as well? > > Well, I think "wider data loss" covers it for me, but I don't have a > problem with people wanting to detail the various problems that can > occur.
To be honest, I'm mostly concerned with the "synchronous_commit=off does not wedge the whole database" part of that statement. For me as a user, this is a crucial piece of information, and I don't like it when such information is merely implied. -- Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> BFK edv-consulting GmbH http://www.bfk.de/ Kriegsstraße 100 tel: +49-721-96201-1 D-76133 Karlsruhe fax: +49-721-96201-99 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
